The Humans – Toyah Willcox Last night’s show at Highline Ballroom, featuring The Humans with Kid Savant, was a much different show than what I usually go to. Mostly because instead of an open floor in front of the stage, there were rows of tables occupied of couples having drinks and small dinner plates. Nothing
The Humans are something of a supergroup, being composed of Toyah Wilcox, Bill Rieflin (R.E.M.), and Chris Wong (and yes, that is Robert Fripp on the left in the photo, who contributed guitar on the record). Toyah formed the experimental rock group in 2007 after being invited to tour Estonia by the Estonian Ambassador, and
Boston’s You Can Be A Wesley is singer/guitarist Saara Untracht-Oakner, guitarist Winston Macdonald (above), bassist Nick Curran, and drummer Dylan Ramsey. Together, they are like the band next door. They don’t seem to try too hard or take themselves too seriously, and their music is fun…sex pop. Right before their last show at Cameo in
Last night at Glasslands started out casual enough, being a Tuesday and all. There ended up being only two bands on the bill, so the crowd had extra time to hang out and partake of the photo booth after a couple rounds of drinks. Then, Snakes Say Hiss went on. Snakes Say Hiss This Philadelphia-based
San Francisco’s all-female post-punk trio Grass Widow will be at Warsaw in Greenpoint tonight, along with influential antecedents The Raincoats. No Bra, who kind of sound like the soundtrack to a gothic porno, are also on the lineup. Seeing The Raincoats, who were somewhat of pioneers paving the way for bands like Electrelane, and now
I’ve never been bored at a Death by Audio show, and last night was no different. Perpetual Ritual, Grave Babies, Ganglians, and Xray Eyeballs all played great sets. These were all bands I had not seen live yet, and I was especially stoked for Seattle’s Grave Babies and Brooklyn-based Xray Eyeballs. Also, I have to
Today is the day for Deleted Scenes’ much-awaited new album, Young People’s Church of the Air. We previewed their single “Bedbedbedbedbed” that came out a few months ago, which also now has a video to go with it, (see below) and it was clear then that the band was continuing to cultivate a sound very
Weekend After previewing their shows and choosing them as concert picks more than once, I finally, finally got to see Weekend. A live show review of these guys was really well overdue on BestNewBands.com, so with this post I am rectifying that. Added bonus: catching them at my forgotten favorite venue Mercury Lounge to even
Daniel James of Canon Blue Canon Blue is one of those bands that you need to let the music sink in and really permeate to fully appreciate it. Having done collaborations with amiina, Sigur Rós’ string section, and Efterklang, their compositions reflect layered and thoughtful sensibilities, like the kind that are best experienced when you
Image by Alex Disenhof Psychedelic pop duo Pepper Rabbit are playing Mercury Lounge tonight, along with Brooklyn’s own ambient rock outfit We Barbarians, plus the tropical melodic sounds of ANR. This is a great chance to catch Pepper Rabbit live to see them do their wide array of instrument looping and switching thing, adding a